Life, 1912-02-08 · page 41 of 44
Life — February 8, 1912 — page 41: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** rather than political satire. It features: **Left column:** Literary quotations from classic authors (Dickens, Nickleby) alongside small advertisements for consumer products: an auto robe with monogramming, a book on sexual education (*Sexology*), and alfalfa seed. **Right side:** A full-page advertisement for the Tobey Furniture Company, showcasing a mahogany sideboard. The ad emphasizes their "handmade furniture" and interior design services for wealthy clients. **Bottom:** Additional literary quotations (Dickens, *Great Expectations*, *Our Mutual Friend*) offering moral observations about virtue, honesty, and character. The page appears designed to appeal to genteel, educated readers through a mix of classical literature references and luxury goods. There is **no political cartoon or satirical commentary**—rather, it represents Life magazine's typical early-20th-century format combining literature, morality, and consumer advertising for middle-to-upper-class audiences.
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The Specialist and the Ignorant It has always béep my opinion, since irst possessed such a thing as an opinion, that the man who knows only one subject is next tiresome to. the man who knows no subject —The Holly Tree. Between the Devil and the Deep Sea - Battledore and shuttlecock’s a very good game, when you ain'ts the shut- tlecock, and two lawyers the battle dores, in vich case it gets too excitin’ to be pleasant.” Pickwick Papers. Maternal Pride Pride is one of the seven deadly sins, but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues— faith and hope. —Nicholas Nickleby. NAME-ON AUTO ROBE ATD. Direct from mil Forautomobile, er. namie, initials oF IMitéa Can't be remove: thout destroying: betaine G in would cost A Happy Marriage Depends largely on a knowl edge of the ‘whole truth about self and sex and their relation to life and bealth, This knowledge does not come intelligently of itself, nor correctly from ordinary, every-day sources. SEXOLOGY . (Ultustrated) y Witham 1. Walling M.D., imparts in a clear, wolesome way in one ull Have. uld Have, lave. veh id Impart to Her Daughter. I Knowledge a Wife Should Have. Allin one votumi Dostpald. Wr ‘Other Veopie's ot Contents Opinions” and Ta! Puritan Pub. Co., 776 Perry Ridg., Phila., Pa. alfalfa district t handlers of alfalfa Us I best grade seed at low price Mighet oie nt on 2 bushels or more to p s east of ssipni Riv for free Alfalfa Booklet. SRiswor ‘nay hee ET us help you with the interior of your L home. Whether it be of the most elegant and sumptuous type, or of moderate cost, we are peculiarly equipped to serve you. Our service, in our most successful work, begins with co-operation in the early planning; includes the design- ing and supervising of the plasters, floors and wood trim, and the complete handling of the surface decorations, hangings, fabrics, rugs and furniture. We offer you this service in whole or in part. We believe it of the highest character available in this country. Especially do we emphasize TOBEY HANDMADE FURNITURE, which we make to express our ideals of what fine furniture should be. The illustration shows a classic sideboard of solid St. Jago mahogany (lop of Pavanazzo marble), recently produced by our studios and shops for one of this country’s most beautiful homes. THE TOBEY FURNITURE COMPANY CHICAGO — Wabash Avenue and Washington Street NEW YORK — Eleven West Thirty-Second Street We are not all arrayed in two opposite ranks: the of-fensive and the de-fensive. Some few there are who walk between, who help the needy as they go, and take no part on either side. —Martin Chusslewit. Truth and honesty, like precious stones, are perhaps more easily imitated at a distance, when the coun- terfeits often pass for real. —Nicholas Nickleby. 325 A. gridiron is a gridiron and you may name it what you like; but a gridiron it will come out, either by your leave or against your leave, and you can't help yourself. —Great Expectations. Tt seems to me, after maturely think- ing it over, that the best amends for having got out of the square is to get back into the square. —Our Mutual Friend.